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Java is a new programming language publicly released by Sun Microsystems in May of 1995 with hopes of revolutionizing the software industry. The popular press has responded with numerous articles touting the language's benefits. Since many of the applications which Java is intended to serve have real-time characteristics, we have recently undertaken to develop a set of standard extensions to provide Java programmers with the ability to describe the real-time requirements of their Java applications. This brief report summarizes the issues that have influenced the design of Real-Time Java and provides an overview of its current embodiment.
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Nilsen, K. Java for real-time. Real-Time Systems 11, 197–205 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365318
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365318